UID:
almafu_9959235847902883
Format:
1 online resource (496 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-772238-5
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0-19-536091-5
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1-280-44145-3
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1-4237-3757-1
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0-19-507325-8
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1-60129-865-X
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This study ranges across a wide variety of languages and cultures in an attempt to identify concepts which are truly universal and to explore whether certain words are culture-specific.
Note:
Bibliography: p453-474. - Includes index.
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Previously issued in print: 1992.
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Contents; Introduction; 1. Soul, Mind, and Heart; 2. Fate and Destiny; 3. Are Emotions Universal or Culture-Specific?; 4. Describing the Indescribable; 5. Apatheia, Smirenie, Humility; 6. Courage, Bravery, Recklessness; 7. Personal Names and Expressive Derivation; 8. Titles and Other Forms of Address; 9. Lexical Universals and Psychological Reality; 10. 'Alternate Generations' in Australian Aboriginal Languages; 11. Australian English; 12. The Russian Language; Postscript; Notes; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-507326-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195073256.001.0001
